coadjutrix

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A female coadjutor
  2. An assistant (and eventual successor) to an abbess

Word forms

coadjutrix coadjutrixes coadjutrices co-adjutrix

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin coadiūtrīx. By surface analysis, coadjutor + -trix.

Synonyms

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